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Presenter: Jim Margraff, CEO Livescribe Inc.

Livescribe Smartpen
ideally a pen that everyone would use


Fusion


read write listen talk


pen has sensor?
18 x 96 pixels


1 gig of memory


4 hrs of spoken audio


dock it



why can you hear a lecture at the back of an auditorium but an audio recording in a lecture hall is not as good?

two ears - better than a single microphone -- can help isolate sound


biaural
cocktail party effect
head related transfer function -- hrtf
the delay - creates 3-D effect


how could you recreate this with two microphones?

earmuffs - space the microphones same distance apart as your ears



pen -- allows you to capture assets
share information
multi-modal tool


provide tools aligned with the way people

like an iphone- multimodal connections

e.g. a book printed on this paper - could respond to the author anonymously by writing notes in the margin


if you give it to a friend - the paper has a limited life - once all of the space is used up - no more transmission possible .


right now - just USB (not bluetooth)


RIGHT NOW - 1 GIG (about $200) AND 2 GIG versions


SWEDISH company (Anoto) makes the paper

write JAVA TO PROGRAM IT - BUSINESS MODEL - Create content for all types of applications
instant glossary



release early in first quarter of next year

Logitech pen? logitech was an input device only...

teachers grade paper?
multiple development tools - let people create applications without knowing programming.
log into web site -- build app, post the app -- can charge a fee)

Tools will be available by midyear for this ype of creation.